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Young readers double points. It was nerve-racking, but
so much fun. Winning the quiz at Liberton
impress in Kids’ High meant that we had just come first in

the East of Scotland and that we would
Lit Quiz soon go on a trip to London!

Sitting in the minibus on the way to Very early one December morning, four
Liberton High School, we were nervously of us – myself, Hridika Deb, Aristotelis
practising quiz questions: ‘Who was the Assimakos and George Murphy – and
girl who owned a treasured umbrella accompanied by Ms Sharp and Ms
which had a tiny opal bird on the tip of Connor, met at Edinburgh Airport to fly book after hearing the opening read
aloud. Though we didn’t make it to the
the umbrella and a filigree handle?’ to London. We took the waterbus on World Final, we came seventh, and it
‘Umm… Morrigan Crow!’ the Thames, taking in the London river has been such a great experience. Thank
line, visited TATE Modern Art Gallery and
There were ten separate quizzes which you to Ms Sharp and Ms Connor, who
both our teams tackled, each with a saw St Paul’s Cathedral. After lunch, we practised with us and planned the trip for
different category. The categories walked to the City of London School, us, and I hope that Heriot’s will see a team
included: amphibians, myths and legends, where we took part in the UK Final. going to the World Finals next year. No
fire, and adventure, and each team could The quizzes were very difficult, including pressure!
place a joker on one category to earn questions where we had to name the Lois Ajilogba (S2)

Energised P3 Pupils take on

experiment Victorian role

P6 pupils visited Hopetoun House
with wind to further their appreciation of the

P3H travelled to Cramond to learn Victorians. They played a range
about wind energy. All of the tables of Victorian street games before
were split into groups and one group dressing up as servants of the house.
made a kite. They said it was a bit
hard, especially sticking and tying
string to the end, but they enjoyed it.
Another group made a wind turbine
and, like before, some bits were hard
but some were fun. The hard bit was
folding it and once it was made they
had to angle it so that it would catch
the wind. Last but not least a group
made a windsock. The materials they
used were a milk bottle, pen and
big scissors. It was difficult cutting
the bag but it was fun cutting the
milk bottle. We had a great time and
learned lots to help with our topic of
energy.
Alice Fulton (P3)

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